ALG II PreAP / 3rd Six-Wks Assignments

12-14-09 thru 12-18-09
Section 6-1 Text Book pg.316/#11-26 all
Quiz- Sections: 6-1
Review Packet

11-30-09 thru 12-11-09
Test- Presentations of Projects
Section 5-6 Text Book pg.281/#15-24 all
Function Transformations - Wk sheet
Origami Wish

11-16-09 thru 11-20-09
Section 5-7 Text Book pg.290-291/#13-32 all & 51-53 all
Quiz- Sections: 5-7

01-05-10 thru 01-08-10
REVIEW! REVIEW!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 –
1st Period 8:55 AM – 10:55 AM Final Exam
2nd Period 11:05 AM – 1:05 PM Final Exam

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 –
4th Period 8:55 AM – 10:55 AM Final Exam
5th Period 11:05 AM – 1:05 PM Final Exam

Thursday, January 14, 2010 –
6th Period 8:55 AM – 10:55 AM Final Exam
7th Period 11:05 AM – 1:05 PM Final Exam

Friday, January 15, 2010 –
9th Period 8:55 AM – 10:55 AM Final Exam
10th Period 11:05 AM – 1:05 PM Final Exam

Math Project: Due 1st or 2nd day after Thanks-Giving Holiday

This is suppose to be a fun project. So no stressing aloud! It will count as a test grade. Consider it my early Christmas present.

1) Choose from one of the topics
*The Infinity Symbol
*Fibonacci sequence
*Golden Ratio
*Imaginary and Complex Numbers
*Quadratics
*Artists that use Math
*Mathematicians that use Art
*transcendental Numbers
*Music and Math

2) Decide How to present your project: Choose from the following:
*Make it online on your blog.
*Make it digital = multimedia, video, music composition…etc
*Make something physical, a 2-D or 3-D visual object, such as a collage, a painting or a mobile, sculpture...etc

ALG II PreAP / 3rd Six-Wks Assignments

11-16-09 thru 11-20-09
Section 5-7 Text Book pg.290-291/#13-32 all & 51-53 all
Quiz- Sections: 5-7

Online Text Book Glencoe

ONLINE TEXT BOOK (click here)
Class Name : Algebra2
Class Code : nj88

ALG II PreAP /2nd Six-Wks Assignments

11-02-09 thru 11-12-09
Section 5-2 Text Book pg.249/#1-13 all
Section 5-3 Text Book pg.256/#13-30 all
Graphing Calculator & Composition Book Check -
Review for six weeks Test
Six weeks text

10-19-09 thru 10-30-09
Section 3-3 Text Book pg.132/#1-4 all & #7-17 all
Quiz- Sections: 3-2 and 3-3
Worksheet- Systems of Linear equations- Word Problems
Section 5-1 Text Book Noteson Vocab and key concepts pg. 236-238
Section 5-1 Text Book pg.241/#22-31 all
Quiz- Section: 5-1

10-05-09 thru 10-16-09
Section 3-1 Text Book pg.120,121/#13-34 all
Section 3-2 Text Book pg.127/#6-23 all
Section 2-3 Text Book pg.75/#13-36 all
Section 2-4 Text Book pg.82/#1-30 all
Quiz- Sections: 2-3 and 2-4

Math! Whats Your Opinion?

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http://superviolist.blogspot.com/
http://artisticzealot.blogspot.com/2009/09/why-do-some-people-hate-math-when-you.html
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http://lifesaverage.blogspot.com/
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http://deemorgan.blogspot.com/
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Blog by Priscilla Mendez

'There is no place like home' by: Priscilla Mendez (click here to see he entire blog)
There is no place like home. Home to you is different to everybody else. My new home is Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. This is no ordinary high school. To it's staff and it's student body this is what we call home. Our family here at Booker T. has been through so much all together. As we said good-bye to our old building and what we knew as home, we were brought to a complete and totally different world at Nolan Estes. Now we are welcomed back into the arts district here in Dallas, and proud to be back. I did not get to experience the many memories in the old building but, was luckey to experience the creative good-byes.

DATA: Section 2-5

What are Scatter plots? Hmmm…

by: Codi Fant! (Click here for Codi's blog)

Scatter plots display dots representing a collection of data. These scatter plots determine if the data given is a positive or negative correlation or if it even has one at all. The purposes of these are to determine and examine the relationships between the variables. Each dot represents a single unit of data entered. The more dots entered the easier it is to see trends and patterns of the entered information.

Scatter plots are statistics applied to mathematics or the arts. Statistics are the representation of data.

Notes/Steps on scatter plots and graphing-

Push these buttons in order for scatter plot graphing/Section 2-5:

STAT (arrow) 1:EDIT - info – L1, L2 - Y= - PLOT1

Move arrow to highlight

Clear anything in Y=

ZOOM - 9:ZOOM - STAT – ENTER

Find equation

STAT (arrow) Cal - 4: Lin Reg (ax=b)

“Lin Reg (ax=b) L1(push: 2^nd +1), L2(2^nd+2), Y(Vars) (arrow) yVars – 1:Functon – ENTER

2^nd+ graph – Y= - 2^nd + Window – 2^nd + graph

Scatter Plot Magic

by: Maisie O'Brien (Click here for Maisie's Blog)

In our most recent Algebra class, we learned about data points, linear correlation and standard deviation/the distance between the points and the actual slope of the line.
Discovering the line in relation to your data (done on your trusty graphing calculator) is highly useful for discerning whether your data makes any sense and allows you to confirm trends. If the data points are all directly on the line, you know that you have a consistancy in whatever you are observing. If the data points gather around the general direction of your line, then that's o.k. too. Concern should only occur when you get sporadic points all over your graph-which indicates that you are recording very random things.

We also learned about Integral Theory, where the shape, color, size etc. represent different characteristics of each point such as the ethnicity or wealth of a country.
Ms. J showed us an interesting video about how to not make data boring : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

ALG II PreAP /1st Six Wks /Assignments

Section 1-1 Study-Guide work sheet
Section 1-4 Text Book pg.30/#15-32 all
Quiz- Section 1-4
Section 1-3 Text Book pg.23-24/#31-40 all & #50-57 all
Section 2-7 Text Book pg.104/#10-21 all
Quiz- Section 2-7
Section 2-1 Text Book pg.62/#1-22 all
Quiz-Section 2-1
Section 2-5 Text Book pg.88,89/#1-4 all

TEST - Sections: 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-5, 2-7, 3-1

ALG II PreAP

Welcome to Algebra II PreAP!
This course will make math come alive with its many intriguing examples of algebra in the world around you.

Assignments/ begin 8-24-09 and end 9-15-09:
Section 1-1 Study-Guide work sheet
Section 1-4 Text Book pg.30/#15-32 all
Quiz- Section 1-4
Section 1-3 Text Book pg.23-24/#31-40 all & #50-57 all
Section 2-7 Text Book pg.104/#10-21 all
Quiz- Section 2-7
Section 2-1 Text Book pg.62/#1-22 all
Quiz-Section2-1

Kiera loves Math and Poetry!

Kiera Williams said...
I really believe that Sarah Glaz and JoAnne Growney are a magnificient duo. I love math and i write poetry as well, but i never thought of combining the two. I'm speechless, it's just unbelieveable. I've been inspired to try some for my myself. I thank the first person who began this series of poetry ,for thinking outside the box. It's sad to say, but thinking outside the box these days seem to have been thrown to the dogs.
Inspired,Kiera Williams

Mathematics and love coupled in professor's book of poetry
In a poem from “Five Poems about Zero,”
Eryk Salvaggio writes about losing love:
Zero is a numberof yearning.
In your absence,I have nothing.
But it’s mine.
“Sacrifice and Bliss,” a poem by Kaz Maslanka, is in the form of a mathematical equation. “
The equation-poem involves the mathematical notion of a limit,” Glaz explains.
“It can be ‘translated’ into words by saying that the relation between ego and love in a relationship is inversely proportional.
As egos approach zero,
love grows to infinity.”

Glaz says the book also contains a few “humorous, geeky” poems.
Katharine O’Brien writes in her poem “Valentine”:

You disintegrate my differential,
you dislocate my focus.
My pulse goes up like an exponential
whenever you cross my locus.

Glaz, who wrote a poem called “Calculus,” says her poem is about the passionate, early history of calculus.
“It’s something I tell my students when I teach them calculus – the story of Newton versus Leibniz,” she says.
Mathematics is much like art, Glaz says:
“I love to teach and I love doing research in mathematics.
I think that proving a theorem and writing a poem come from the same place.
You need to create, to discover, to look for a truth, to look for a pattern, and then enjoy it when it appears, and, of course, share it with students.”
Glaz is author and editor of several books and many articles in an area of mathematics called commutative algebra.
“Mathematics publications are for the initiated,” she says.
“They are read by the few hundred people around the world who work in the same research area.”Strange Attractors, on the other hand, is an interdisciplinary work touching on mathematics, poetry, and history.
In addition to the collection of poems, it includes bibliographical information for further exploration of the links between mathematics and poetry, and biographical information on the contributors and on the mathematicians appearing in the poems.
“It was exhilarating to work on such a project,” Glaz says.
“I hope the book brings poetry to mathematicians and some love of mathematics to poets. I hope people from many disciplines enjoy it.”

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
BTWHSPVA is located in the Dallas Arts District and serves a
diverse student body of dedicated and committed young artists. The school has
been recognized the Texas Education Agency with an exemplary campus rating and is only one of three Dallas ISD schools ranked by Newsweek Magazine as one of the best 1500 schools in the United States.
In 2008, BTWHSPVA was named one of the five best fine arts programs in the US by the National Fine Arts Association. Annually, students from BTWHSPVA attend the best colleges, universities and conservatories from across the country including Harvard, John Hopkins University, SUNY, Tisch School of the Arts, Berkley, Julliard, UT, to name just a few! As a testament to the strength of the school and its student body, the 167 graduating seniors from the class 2009 earned over $9 million dollars in college scholarships!

Geometry: Last six weeks

Section 10-1 p.559/43-52 all & Section 10-2 p.567/10-20 all,48,49
Section 10-3 p.574/9-33 all
Section 10-6 p.603/10-26 all
Mid- Chapter Test/ sections: 10-1,10-2,10-3,10-6
Chapter 10 Packet: Section 10-4, 10-5 Packet
Section 10-8 Packet (extra credit)
TEST: Chapter 10
ACP Review 1
ACP Review 2

For extra help on chapter 10, click here!

Calculus Solutions- Practice AP Exam

TAKS testing begins 4-27-09

Click on the links below for TAKS Practice and help:
2008 TAKS math 11th grade (Answers are at end of document)
2008 TAKS math 10th grade (Answers are at end of document)
2008 TAKS math 9th grade (Answers are at end of document)

2004 TAKS math 9th grade(Answers are at end of document)
2004 TAKS math 10th grade(Answers are at end of document)

Interactive Study Guides
Make your own study guide
Study guide book 9th grade math

Study guide book 10th grade math

Study guide book 11th grade math- Exit Level

Geometry 5th six-wks

Click on any assignment below to get extra help!
Section 9-5 Dilations/p.529-531(6-17, 26-31, 38-40)
Section 9-5 Quiz
Section 11-1,2,3 Areas/p.657(1-13 all)
Section 11-4 Composite Areas/p.661(6-16 all)
TAKS Review/Group Quiz
Section 13-1 Volumes Prisms/p.732(1-7,21,22)
Section 13-2 Volumes Pyramids/p.740(5-10,14,15)
Chapter13 Review/p.769/1-7 odds,8-13all
TEST

Last 6 weeks we'll begin TAKS study packets

Pi Day

Geometry 5th six-wks begins

Section 9-5 Dilations/page 529-531(6-17, 26-31, 38-40)
Section 9-5 Quiz
Section 11-1,2,3 Areas/Page 657(1-13 all)

• Parents Night! 3-9-09
• Almost PI DAY! 3-12-09 or 3-13-09
• Spring Break! 3-14-09 Students return on 3-23-09
• Math TAKS 4-28-09

Calculus week of 3-2-09

Integration by U substitution Packet:
Due 3-4-09 (1-10 all & 23-26 all)
Prepare for Pop-Quiz!

Geometry: Last week of 6-wks

Section 9-4/ Tessellations Work sheet and Notes
Section 9-5/ Dialations Work sheet and Notes
Chapter 9 Test or Project...

TAKS profiling

Geometry Project : Tessellations

This text will be replaced

Geometry Week of 2-16-09

Section 9-1/ pg. 501,502/ #21- 32 all
Section 9-2/ pg.506/ #1-5 all
Quiz: Sections 9-1, 9-2
Section 9-6/ Vectors Work sheet and Notes

What is POINT SYMMETRY?
Point Symmetry is when every part has a matching part that is ...... the same distance from the central point ...... but in the opposite direction.It looks the same when viewed from opposite directions, such as left vs right, or if turned upside down.It is sometimes called Origin Symmetry.
EXAMPLES:

AP Calculus Week of 2-9-09

Fundamental Theorem of Calculus:
Sec.5-4/ Pg. 302-304/ 1- 20 all and 57- 59 all
Sec.5-3/ Pg. 291/ 31-36 all and 45-51 all
F.T.C. Packet Review packet
Chapter 5 Test Free Response Style: 2-16-09 or 2-17-09

Excellent LINKS for review:
http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/4/ftc.10/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-2eu_v6sr8
http://hotmath.com/help/bookindexes2/minicalcgt/index.html

Geometry Week of 2-9-09 Trigonometry is not easy- Study!!!!

Click here for a video example!

Sec.8-4 /pg.460/1- 8 all and 44-54 all
Sec.8-5 / Notes /Chapter 8 Review / Group work!

Chapter 8 Test. 2-11-09 or 2-12-09

Example:
A glider is flying above a field. The glider spots the field at a 9 angle of depression. The glider is flying at an altitude of 100 m. How many kilometers is the glider from the point 100 m above the field?
Hint: Choose a variable for the horizontal distance of the glider from the point above the field.
Choose a variable for the horizontal distance of the glider from the point directly above the field.
Let x = the horizontal distance of the glider from the point 100 m above the field.

AP Calculus-week of 2-2-09

Assigned:1-29-09 Sec. 5-3/pg.290,291/ 1-26 All/Due:2-2-09 and collected!

2-2-09 Notes, Recap, Review/ Take Home Test/Due:2-4-09
Take home test has perfect examples for the in class timed test!!!!
2-4-09 Timed test; No Calculator: 10 questions, 20 minutes. Calculator: 5 questions, 15 minutes
Area under a Curve
The area between the graph of y = f(x) and the x-axis is given by the definite integral below. This formula gives a positive result for a graph above the x-axis, and a negative result for a graph below the x-axis.
Note: If the graph of y = f(x) is partly above and partly below the x-axis, the formula given below generates the net area. That is, the area above the axis minus the area below the axis.
Formula:

Example 1:
Find the area between y = 7 – x2 and the x-axis between the values x = –1 and x = 2.

Geometry Sec.8-3/Special Right Triangles

Sec.8-3/pg.452/8-20 all

Geometry 4th six weeks Begins

1-29-09/NOTES Section 8-1:

Sec.8-1 part 1/pg.436/10-23-all
Sec.8-1 part 2/pg.436/26-31-all
For step by step help on the text book assignment click here!

QUIZ or Take Home Test: section 8-1/1-27-09

Calculus 4th six weeks!

1-21-09 Integration Packet/1-25 Odds/Due:1-23-09
1-23-09 Sec. 5-2/pg.282/ 7-12 All/Due:1-27-09
1-27-09 Sec. 5-2/pg.283/ 13-22 All/Due:1-29-09
1-29-09 Sec. 5-3/pg.290,291/ 1-26 All/Due:2-2-09
2-2-09 Notes, Recap, Review/ Take Home Test/Due:2-4-09
2-4-09 Sec. 5-4/pg.302/

Week of 1-6-09

Notes/ Chapter 7 Proportions and similarity
Chapter 7 work sheets
Review / Fall semester Exam

Optional Project:
Choose an artist that uses Mathematics and produce a report.
Report can be: Power point, Video, Dance,
Speech, Poster ...etc.
Project grade can replace lowest Test or Quiz grade!